A Network of Southern African Communities Living Near Mines
Community Alerts, Mpumalanga, Phola/ Ogies, Jane Bhudha, 2018/09/11 On the 9th August around 4/ 5 o’clock in the morning, there was a big blasting of fire at kusile power station. The fire burner one of the building at kusile and it was closed for investigations until the cause of the fire was known. The fire …
Community alerts, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Vosman, Susan Moraba, 2018/09/11 Today at about 9:25 in the morning as I went to KG Mall in Vosman Emalahleni, the gates were closed and chub security as well as police vans were inside at the mall. When they opened the gates for people to come in, there was a danger …
Community alerts, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Susan Moraba, 2018/09/10 A wetland is a very important source of water as the people of ext 16 in Emalahleni are facing a challenge as some construction work is disturbing the wetland by digging up next to it, as said they are building a sewerage pump station. The contract is not …
Community alerts, Mpumalanga, Phola/ Ogies, Alice Motsepe, 2018/09/09 In Phola /Ogies the rate of unemployment is very high as students / youth that completed their Matric are still unemployed as mines are not employing them and supporting them with bursaries, learnerships or even internships.Most are unable to further their studies as their parent are unemployed …
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Community alerts, Mpumalanga, Middelburg,Bafana, 2018/09/07 Today in Middelburg, Moumalanga, there was a protest march to hand over a memorandum to Londani mine. The protest march was organised by different unemployed people structures, we organised ourselves in the name of Greater Middelburg Unemployment Forum the memorandum had the following demands: 1.Complete implementation of SLP 2.Transparent recruitment …
Community alerts, Mpumalanga, Phola/Ogies, Millicent Shungube, 2018/09/06 These mines are really exploiting communities especially when they enter in our communities, they promise us development and that they will provide the community with most needed centres for the community. As Phola we also became South 32’s victims. They came and built a Business Hub that they …
Community alerts, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Phola/ Ogies, Siyabonga Kumele, 2018/09/07 Area-New Stand ezitandini PHOLA is a small township that Is facing a big problem of leaking sewage. It has been leaking for 1and half month now and it’s getting worse each and everyday due to municipality neglecting it .children when going to school they have to …
Community alerts, Mpumalanga, Phola/ Ogies, Florence Mohlala, 2018/08/07 Playing soccer ground became dumping ground Our children are no longer having a soccer ground to play. their soccer ground has been turned into a dumping side.Iraq area is an informal settlement in Phola location in Mpumalanga.Since the arrival of the South 32 mine extension, we have …
Community alerts, Mpumalanga, Kendal,Phola/Ogies, Valencia Ndlovu, 2018/09/05 Kendal is a farming area with small farmers near Phola/ Ogies in Mpumalanga. They have crops and livestock, their livestock eat in the fields because the grass is beautiful for them to feed there, now the problem is the Ash dump mountain near them. The ash dump is …
Tunatazama is a southern African network of community organisations living near mines. This network is supported by The Benchmarks Foundation, Southern Africa Resource Watch, Zimbabwe Environment Law Association, Centre for Environment Justice, Associação de Apoio e Assistência Jurídica às Comunidades, Norwegian Church Aid - Tanzania, and the Maluti Community Development Forum.
